Elastic Security Detection Rules

AWS Management Console Brute Force of Root User Identity

Last updated 14 days ago on 2025-10-10
Created 5 years ago on 2020-07-21

About

Identifies a high number of failed authentication attempts to the AWS management console for the Root user identity. An adversary may attempt to brute force the password for the Root user identity, as it has complete access to all services and resources for the AWS account.
Tags
Domain: CloudData Source: AWSData Source: Amazon Web ServicesData Source: AWS Sign-InUse Case: Identity and Access AuditTactic: Credential AccessLanguage: kuery
Severity
high
Risk Score
73
MITRE ATT&CK™

Credential Access (TA0006)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Brute Force (T1110)(opens in a new tab or window)

False Positive Examples
Automated processes that attempt to authenticate using expired credentials and unbounded retries may lead to false positives.
License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Threshold Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
filebeat-*logs-aws.cloudtrail-*
Related Integrations

aws(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and 
event.provider:signin.amazonaws.com and 
event.action:ConsoleLogin and 
aws.cloudtrail.user_identity.type:Root and 
event.outcome:failure

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect AWS Management Console Brute Force of Root User Identity in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).